Oscars: 10 nominations for Slumdog Millionaire | Film | The Guardian Close This article is 7 years old The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, the curious movie about a man who ages backwards, headed the Oscar nominations announced today in Los Angeles. Slumdog Millionaire , Danny Boyle's Mumbai-set tale, which took best drama at this month's Golden Globes, continued its own rags-to-riches story with a total of 10 nominations. For another British hopeful, the nominations were a mixed tale: Kate Winslet, heavily tipped to be nominated for both best actress and best supporting actress following her Globes triumph, received just one nod from the academy. Curiously, her best actress nomination was for The Reader, the film for which she won best supporting actress at the Globes. The Reader's British director, Stephen Daldry , received a nomination for best director. Her omission for Revolutionary Road means that Oscar viewers will have to settle for the possibility of just one gushing acceptance speech from the actress. The other leading British contender was Frost/Nixon, which received five nominations including best picture.

"It's very good timing for this film," said Working Title's Eric Fellner, the producer of Frost/Nixon, which opens in the UK on Friday. "This will give it the pedigree that will hopefully propel it into another dimension. I'm really proud of this film; I think it's brilliant." Other than Winslet missing out for Revolutionary Road, the morning's big surprise was the omission of Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino. The film had been tipped as a strong contender in the major categories, its themes and star considered a likely favourite among the members of the Academy of Motion Pictures. The Dark Knight also missed out in the major picture categories, although Heath Ledger did receive a nod as best supporting actor for his performance as the Joker. The announcement came a year to the day after the Australian actor's death from an overdose at the age of 28. Nevertheless, The Dark Knight did receive eight nominations, mainly in technical categories. Milk, Gus Van Sant's biopic of the gay rights campaigner Harvey Milk starring Sean Penn , also received eight nominations, including best film, director, actor and supporting actor. "It's just as good as the first time," said Van Sant. "Well, almost as good.

It's huge that we were able to get so many nominations for a story that we felt was so important. It's really great for the movie and for the progress of Harvey's efforts as a gay politician." But the early morning announcement was dominated by Button. The film snagged 13 nominations including best film, best director for David Fincher, best actor for Brad Pitt and best supporting actress for Taraji Henderson. Pitt will be accompanied to the ceremony by his wife, Angelina Jolie , who received a best actress nomination for The Changeling. She is joined by awards veteran Meryl Streep, who consolidated her position as the most-nominated actress in Oscar history with another nomination. Other nominees include Anne Hathaway for Rachel Getting Married and Melissa Leo for Frozen River. The best actor category features a quartet of heavy hitters and an outsider. Sean Penn, Frank Langella and Mickey Rourke were all expected to be nominated alongside Pitt, but the inclusion of Richard Jenkins for his performance as a college professor in The Visitor was a surprise. Another surprise was the best supporting actor nomination for Michael Shannon for his standout performance in Revolutionary Road.

Winslet and her co-star Leonardo DiCaprio had been tipped for nominations for the Sam Mendes-directed drama, but both missed out. Elsewhere the nominations went to form: WALL-E will be favourite in the animated feature section and Waltz With Bashir will be strongly tipped in the foreign language category. The team behind Slumdog was ecstatic at the news of the film's 10 nominations. "Secretly – and sometimes not so secretly – this is the nomination that floats in every screenwriter's dreams," said writer Simon Beaufoy. "I am fantastically happy and honoured – not just for myself but for Vikas Swarup's wonderful novel without which I would have never started my journey to the world's Maximum City, Mumbai." One of the film's young stars, Dev Patel, concurred. "It's just amazing," he said. "For Slumdog Millionaire to be included in the nominations for the Oscars is a huge honour. When we first began working on the film I don't think any of us ever imagined that we might end up attending the Oscars ceremony as a result." The Oscars ceremony takes place on 22 February in Los Angeles, hosted this year by the Australian actor Hugh Jackman .

David Thomson: The morning after its seven-Bafta triumph, here are 10 reasons why Danny Boyle's crowdpleaser is unsurpassable in the race for the little gold men Published: 9 Feb 2009 Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor on why Slumdog Millionaire is a feelgood movie with a difference and why the future belongs to India Published: 18 Feb 2009 Oscar-tipped film's creators accused of paying their child actors paltry sums Published: 30 Jan 2009 Charles Gant: Week-on-week takings for Danny Boyle's melodrama jump 44%, while Seven Pounds fails to cash in Published: 20 Jan 2009 The Academy Awards through the years - Timelines - Los Angeles Times The Academy Awards through the years By Los Angeles Times Staff Feb. 26, 2016 10:56 a.m. The first ceremony made the Los Angeles Times’ front page under the headline “Film-Merit Trophies Awarded.” Coverage was all of one photograph and two paragraphs. Since then, the Academy Awards have become an event watched around the world. Scroll down for a year-by-year look at the Oscars.

Related Shrine May 16, 1929 The first Academy Awards at the Hollywood Roosevelt's Blossom Room (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) Before a large gathering of motion-picture celebrities and other notables, the first Academy Awards ceremony is held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Academy President Douglas Fairbanks handed out 15 statuettes for outstanding achievement in 1927 and 1928. Best picture: “Wings” Actor: Emil Jannings , “The Last Command” and “The Way of all Flesh” Actress: Janet Gaynor , “Seventh Heaven,” “Street Angel” and “Sunrise” Director: Frank Borzage , “Seventh Heaven” Tagged as Other April 3, 1930 "Broadway Melody" was released in 1929 and took top honors at the Academy Awards the next year. (MGM) The Academy Awards are announced during a banquet attended by 300 academy members and their guests at the Ambassador Hotel. Academy President William C. deMille presents seven gold statuettes. Best picture: “The Broadway Melody” Nov.

5, 1930 Norma Shearer with her statuette for "The Divorcee." (Associated Press) Conrad Nagel, vice president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, presents the statuettes at the third awards ceremony. The 600 attendees watch “Artistic and Otherwise,” a “sound recording film” by Thomas A. Edison on the industry’s progress in the last decade. Best picture: “All Quiet on the Western Front” Actress: Norma Shearer , “The Divorcee” Director: Lewis Milestone , “All Quiet on the Western Front” Tagged as Nov. 10, 1931 Marie Dressler and Lionel Barrymore after their wins. (Associated Press) The notables of Filmland gather at the Biltmore Hotel for the annual banquet. U.S. Vice President Charles Curtis tells the 2,000 gathered: “To my mind, the motion-picture industry is one of man’s greatest benefactors — it is great in size, in reputation and in worth.” Best picture: “Cimarron” Biltmore Nov.

18, 1932 Wallace Beery, left, and Jackie Cooper starred in "The Champ." (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) Lionel Barrymore is the toastmaster at the annual awards banquet at the Ambassador Hotel. Walt Disney is given a special award for his series of Mickey Mouse cartoons. As the ballots are turned in they are dropped into a special machine and tabulated “in full view of the assembled guests.” Best picture: “Grand Hotel” Actor: Fredric March , “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” and Wallace Beery , “The Champ” Actress: Helen Hayes , “The Sin of Madelon Claudet” Director: Frank Borzage , “Bad Girl” Tagged as March 16, 1934 Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

with Katharine Hepburn in a scene from "Morning Glory" (Associated Press) Katharine Hepburn, still a newcomer to Hollywood, wins her first Academy Award for her work in “Morning Glory.” “Little Women,” in which she also stars, finishes third in the race for best production behind “A Farewell to Arms” and the winner, a film adaptation of playwright Noel Coward’s “Calvacade.” Best picture: “Cavalcade” Feb. 27, 1935 Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert in "It Happened One Night." (Columbia Pictures) The humorist Irvin S. Cobb presents the gold statuettes at the Biltmore Hotel. In “a radical departure from all previous elections,” the balloting is done in the open and write-ins are allowed.

Although she doesn’t win, Bette Davis receives the most write-in votes for her work in “Of Human Bondage.” Best picture: “It Happened One Night” Actor: Clark Gable , “It Happened One Night” Actress: Claudette Colbert , “It Happened One Night” Director: Frank Capra , “It Happened One Night” Tagged as March 5, 1936 Bette Davis, center, with Victor McLaglen, left, and D.W. Griffith (Los Angeles Times) Bette Davis and Victor McLaglen win by wide margins at the eighth film awards. Despite a boycott by the writers’ and actors’ guilds, the banquet reservations are sold-out two weeks earlier, according to Frank Capra, the academy president. Best picture: “Mutiny on the Bounty” Director: John Ford , “The Informer” Tagged as March 4, 1937 Jean Arthur and Gary Cooper in "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" (File photo) Luise Rainer and Paul Muni, both Austrians, are accorded Hollywood’s highest acting honors at the academy banquet at the Biltmore Hotel. The academy for the first time recognizes supporting performances.

Best picture: “The Great Ziegfeld” Actor: Paul Muni , “The Story of Louis Pasteur” Actress: Luise Rainer , “The Great Ziegfeld” Supporting actor: Walter Brennan , “Come and Get It” Supporting actress: Gale Sondergaard, “Anthony Adverse” Director: Frank Capra , “Mr. Deeds Goes to Town” Tagged as March 10, 1938 Gale Sondergaard and Joseph Schildkraut star in "The Life of Emile Zola" (Warner Bros.) Spencer Tracy wins for his role in “Captains Courageous” but misses the festivities — he is recuperating from surgery at Good Samaritan Hospital. Luise Rainer wins for the second year in a row. The academy presents its first Irving Thalberg Memorial Award to producer Darryl Zanuck . Best picture: “The Life of Emile Zola” Director: Billy Wilder , “The Lost Weekend” Tagged as March 13, 1947 Harold Russell holds his two Oscars.

(File photo) Harold Russell, who had lost both hands in an Army training exercise, earns two Oscars, supporting actor and a special award, for his performance as a veteran struggling to adapt in “The Best Years of Our Lives.” Jack Benny serves as master of ceremonies. Best picture: “The Best Years of Our Lives” Actor: Fredric March , “The Best Years of Our Lives” Actress: Olivia de Havilland , “To Each His Own” Supporting actor: Harold Russell , “The Best Years of Our Lives” Supporting actress: Anne Baxter , “The Razor’s Edge” Director: William Wyler , “The Best Years of Our Lives” Tagged as Shrine March 20, 1948 Celeste Holm and director John Stahl at the Mocambo nightclub after her win. (Los Angeles Times) Loretta Young’s unexpected win for lead actress is a “major upset,” according to The Times’ coverage. Overall, the night brings few other surprises, with the exception of a man arriving in a gorilla suit and making his way into the Shrine Auditorium before law enforcement intervenes.

Best picture: “Gentleman’s Agreement” Supporting actress: Claire Trevor , “Key Largo” Director: John Huston , “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre” Tagged as Other March 23, 1950 Mercedes McCambridge, center left, John Ireland and Broderick Crawford, center right, in "All the King's Men" (Columbia Pictures) Character actor Paul Douglas hosts of the 22nd Academy Awards. Though “All the King’s Men” takes the top award, “The Heiress” is the night’s biggest winner, taking home four of the eight Oscars for which it was nominated. Best picture: “All the King’s Men” Actor: Broderick Crawford , “All the King’s Men” Actress: Olivia de Havilland , “The Heiress” Supporting actor: Dean Jagger , “12 O’Clock High” Supporting actress: Mercedes McCambridge , “All the King’s Men” Director: Joseph L.

Mankiewicz , for “A Letter to Three Wives” Tagged as March 29, 1951 Judy Holliday starred with Broderick Crawford, center, and William Holden in "Born Yesterday." (File photo) Fred Astaire is host and the RKO Pantages Theatre is the venue, but the night of the 23rd Academy Awards is all about “All About Eve.” The inside Hollywood tale enters the evening with a record 14 nominations. It ultimately wins six. Best picture: “All About Eve” Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz , “All About Eve” Tagged as March 20, 1952 Kim Hunter as Stella in "A Streetcar Named Desire." (Warner Bros.) Singer, dancer, comedian Danny Kaye, the evening’s host, is in the midst of his film career. The night’s top winner, “An American in Paris” is only the second best picture to be in color. The first, “Gone With the Wind” had won the top prize 12 years earlier.

Best picture: “An American in Paris” Actor: Humphrey Bogart , for “The African Queen” Actress: Vivien Leigh , “A Streetcar Named Desire” Supporting actor: Karl Malden , “A Streetcar Named Desire” Supporting actress: Kim Hunter , “A Streetcar Named Desire” Director: George Stevens , “A Place in the Sun” Tagged as Pantages March 19, 1953 Shirley Booth laughs heartily as actor Fredric March prepares to give her a kiss on the cheek after she was presented with an Oscar. (AP Photo) The first televised ceremony is close to a three-ring circus. The show spans the continent, with Bob Hope hosting in Hollywood and Fredric March in New York at the NBC Century Theatre. Cecil B. DeMille’s circus movie beats the favored nominee, “High Noon.” Many consider DeMille’s film to be the worst movie to ever win best picture.

Best picture: “The Greatest Show on Earth” Director: John Ford , “The Quiet Man” Tagged as Pantages March 25, 1954 Frank Sinatra and Donna Reed win for their performances in "From Here to Eternity." (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) The second ceremony to be televised on NBC is again a bi-coastal affair, with Donald O’Connor hosting from the Pantages and Fredric March hosting at the NBC Century Theatre in NYC. Both the lead actor and lead actress awards were presented remotely by Gary Cooper and Shirley Booth, with O’Connor announcing the winners in L.A. Best picture: “From Here to Eternity” Actress: Audrey Hepburn , “Roman Holiday” Supporting actor: Frank Sinatra , “From Here to Eternity” Supporting actress: Donna Reed , “From Here to Eternity” Director: Fred Zinnemann , “From Here to Eternity” Tagged as March 30, 1955 Eva Marie Saint and Marlon Brando from a scene in "On the Waterfront" (Sony Repertory) Bob Hope hosts the televised ceremony from Hollywood and Thelma Ritter hosts in New York.

A rematch for lead actor between Humphrey Bogart and Marlon Brando, who were both up for the award three years earlier, ends with Brando getting his first Oscar, for his role in “On the Waterfront.” Best picture: “On the Waterfront” March 26, 1958 Alec Guinness in "The Bridge on the River Kwai" (Columbia Pictures) The first Oscar ceremony broadcast live on TV is an L.A.-only affair, featuring multiple hosts, including Bob Hope, Rosalind Russell, David Niven, James Stewart, Jack Lemmon and Donald Duck. “Peyton Place” is notorious for having nine nominations, but no wins. Best picture: “The Bridge on the River Kwai” Actor: Alec Guinness , “The Bridge on the River Kwai” Actress: Joanne Woodward , “The Three Faces of Eve” Supporting actor: Red Buttons , “Sayonara” Supporting actress: Miyoshi Umeki, “Sayonara” Director: David Lean, “The Bridge on the River Kwai” Tagged as April 6, 1959 Susan Hayward wipes the brow of fellow winner David Niven.

(Los Angeles Times) The telecast from the Pantages Theatre is noted for its shortness. In fact, the broadcast ends 20 minutes earlier than expected, leaving host Jerry Lewis attempting to fill time. This marks the last time anyone says the Oscars ceremony is too short. Best picture: “Gigi” Director: Billy Wilder , “The Apartment” Tagged as April 9, 1962 Sophia Loren, left, in "Two Women" (Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences) Bob Hope hosts the awards for the seventh time. The ceremony lasts over two hours, a first. Lax security allows a New York City cab driver to get up on stage and award Hope with his own homemade Oscar statuette.

Best picture: “West Side Story” Actor: Maximilian Schell, “Judgment at Nuremberg” Actress: Sophia Loren , “Two Women” Supporting actor: George Chakiris, “West Side Story” Supporting actress: Rita Moreno , “West Side Story” Director: Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, “West Side Story” Tagged as April 8, 1963 Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch in "To Kill a Mockingbird" (Universal Studios) Frank Sinatra hosts the awards from the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, but he almost doesn’t make it into the building. The singer forgets his parking sticker and is turned away from the parking lot by security. He has to park his own car and hustle over to the auditorium.

Best picture: “Lawrence of Arabia” Actor: Gregory Peck , “To Kill a Mockingbird” Actress: Anne Bancroft , “The Miracle Worker” Supporting actor: Ed Begley, “Sweet Bird of Youth” Supporting actress: Patty Duke , “The Miracle Worker” Director: David Lean, “Lawrence of Arabia” Tagged as April 13, 1964 Sidney Poitier and Lilia Skala in "Lilies of the Field" (File photo) Jack Lemmon hosts in Santa Monica. “Tom Jones” picks up best picture and is the only film in history to get three supporting actress nominations. Sidney Poitier’s win is greeted with a roar of approval. Best picture: “Tom Jones” Director: George Cukor , “My Fair Lady” Tagged as April 18, 1966 Shelley Winters as the abusive mother in "A Patch of Blue" (MGM) The Oscars are broadcast in color for the first time. Bob Hope hosts again. The two most nominated films, “Doctor Zhivago” and “The Sound of Music,” are also two of the biggest box-office hits of all time.

Best picture: “The Sound of Music” Actor: Lee Marvin, “Cat Ballou” Actress: Julie Christie, “Darling” Supporting actor: Martin Balsam, “A Thousand Clowns” Supporting actress: Shelley Winters , “A Patch of Blue” Director: Robert Wise , “The Sound of Music” Tagged as April 10, 1967 Walter Matthau with presenter Shelley Winters (File photo) A strike by the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) threatens to derail the Oscars, but is settled with just hours to spare.

Bob Hope is back for his 16th time as host and quips when the show returns from commercial without a cue: “I’m not ready for another crisis.” Best picture: “A Man for All Seasons” Actor: Paul Scofield, “A Man for All Seasons” Actress: Elizabeth Taylor , “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” Supporting actor: Walter Matthau , “The Fortune Cookie” Supporting actress: Sandy Dennis, “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” Director: Fred Zinnemann , “A Man for All Seasons” Tagged as Santa Monica April 10, 1968 Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger in a scene from "In the Heat of the Night" (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) Hollywood is changing and the Oscars ceremony reflects it. While lavish holdovers of the previous era are still in evidence (“Doctor Dolittle”), they seem out of place with the crop of New Hollywood productions, including “The Graduate” and “Bonnie and Clyde.” Bob Hope hosts again.

Best picture: “In the Heat of the Night” Actor: Rod Steiger , “In the Heat of the Night” Actress: Katharine Hepburn , “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” Supporting actor: George Kennedy , “Cool Hand Luke” Supporting actress: Estelle Parsons, “Bonnie and Clyde” Director: Mike Nichols, “The Graduate” Tagged as April 14, 1969 Oscar winner Barbra Streisand sports a transparent bell bottom jumpsuit. (Associated Press) It’s a tie! The academy awards the lead actress Oscar to Barbra Streisand for “Funny Girl” and to Katharine Hepburn for “The Lion in Winter.” It’s the first time the ceremony has been held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in downtown Los Angeles. Best picture: “Oliver!” Chandler April 7, 1970 John Wayne accepts his Oscar as presenter Barbra Streisand looks on. (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) The Oscars are held at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.

The show is picketed by blacks protesting the lack of black musicians in the orchestra and Latinos upset about portrayals in “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.” John Wayne picks up his first Oscar, for “True Grit,” and comments: “I should have put on that eye patch 35 years ago.” Best picture: “Midnight Cowboy” Actor: John Wayne , “True Grit” Actress: Maggie Smith, “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” Supporting actor: Gig Young , “They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?” Supporting actress: Goldie Hawn, “Cactus Flower” Director: John Schlesinger, “Midnight Cowboy” Tagged as Chandler April 15, 1971 George C. Scott is seen in a 20th Century Fox handout photo from the 1970 movie "Patton." (AP Photo / 20th Century Fox) “Patton” makes what The Times calls an “astonishing” sweep, earning eight Oscars, including lead actor for George C. Scott, who had previously said he would refuse the honor.

The ceremony introduces an award for original song score, which goes to the Beatles for “Let it Be.” Best picture: “Patton” April 2, 1974 A man later identified as Robert Opel streaks behind host David Niven. (Associated Press) Tatum O’Neal, 9, gets a sustained ovation for her unexpected win. Katharine Hepburn , a three-time winner, makes her first appearance at the awards in order to present the Irving Thalberg Memorial Award to producer Lawrence Weingarten. David Niven is at the podium when a streaker makes his way across the stage. Best picture: “The Sting” Actor: Jack Lemmon , “Save the Tiger” Actress: Glenda Jackson, “A Touch of Class” Supporting actor: John Houseman, “The Paper Chase” Supporting actress: Tatum O’Neal, “Paper Moon” Director: George Roy Hill, “The Sting” Tagged as April 8, 1975 Robert De Niro as Vito Corleone in "The Godfather Part II" (Paramount Pictures) Wins by Art Carney and Ellen Burstyn are crowd-pleasers.

Carney gets an extra ovation when he thanks his agent for urging him to take the role with the advice: “Do it! You are old!” Francis Ford Coppola has a big night, personally taking home three Oscars for “The Godfather Part II.” Best picture: “The Godfather Part II” Actor: Art Carney , “Harry and Tonto” Actress: Ellen Burstyn, “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore” Supporting actor: Robert De Niro, “The Godfather Part II” Supporting actress: Ingrid Bergman , “Murder on the Orient Express” Director: Francis Ford Coppola, “The Godfather Part II” Tagged as Chandler March 29, 1976 R.P. McMurphy (Jack Nicholson) and Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher) in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” (Fantasy Films) “Cuckoo’s Nest” sweeps the Oscars, marking the first time since 1934’s “It Happened One Night” that one film claims four top awards — best picture, lead actress, lead actor and director.

Octogenarian Mary Pickford accepts a special Oscar in a segment filmed earlier at her famed estate Pickfair. Best picture: “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” Actor: Jack Nicholson , “One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest” Actress: Louise Fletcher, “One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest” Supporting actor: George Burns , “The Sunshine Boys” Supporting actress: Lee Grant, “Shampoo” Director: Milos Forman, “One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest” Tagged as March 28, 1977 "Rocky" star and screenwriter Sylvester Stallone at the Dorothy Chandler Pavillion. (Ron Galella / WireImage) Peter Finch becomes the first actor to win a posthumous Oscar, for his role in “Network.” During the show, Sylvester Stallone, who wrote and starred in best picture winner “Rocky,” jokingly spars on stage with boxing great Muhammad Ali, who kids him about “stealing my script.” Best picture: “Rocky” Supporting actor: Jason Robards, “All the President’s Men” Supporting actress: Beatrice Straight, “Network” Director: John G.

Avildsen, “Rocky” Tagged as April 3, 1978 Woody Allen and Diane Keaton in "Annie Hall" (File photo) Box-office blockbuster “Star Wars” fails to take any top awards but does secure six regular and one special Oscar. Woody Allen is a no-show and Vanessa Redgrave’s fiery, political acceptance speech draws boos and hisses. Best picture: “Annie Hall” Actor: Richard Dreyfuss , “The Goodbye Girl” Actress: Diane Keaton, “Annie Hall” Supporting actor: Jason Robards, “Julia” Supporting actress: Vanessa Redgrave, “Julia” Director: Woody Allen, “Annie Hall” Tagged as April 9, 1979 Jon Voight and Jane Fonda (Los Angeles Times) Two controversial films about dealing with the war in Vietnam win top honors. Jane Fonda speaks in sign language during her acceptance speech. John Wayne and Laurence Olivier, both in poor health, get standing ovations when they appear on stage.

Best picture: “The Deer Hunter” Actor: Jon Voight, “Coming Home” Actress: Jane Fonda, “Coming Home” Supporting actor: Christopher Walken, “The Deer Hunter” Supporting actress: Maggie Smith, “California Suite” Director: Michael Cimino, “The Deer Hunter” Tagged as April 14, 1980 Jack Lemmon, Meryl Streep and presenter Cloris Leachman (Los Angeles Times) “Kramer vs. Kramer” wins five Oscars, including best picture, director, lead actor and supporting actress — Meryl Streep’s first Oscar win. She beats out fellow “Kramer vs. Kramer” actress Jane Alexander for the award. Johnny Carson hosts. Best picture: “Kramer vs. Kramer” Actor: Dustin Hoffman, “Kramer vs. Kramer” Supporting actor: Melvyn Douglas , “Being There” Supporting actress: Meryl Streep , “Kramer vs.

Kramer” Tagged as March 31, 1981 Robert De Niro holds his best actor Oscar for "Raging Bull." ( AP Photo) The ceremony, hosted by Johnny Carson, is scheduled for March 30 but postponed a day after the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan. The acting winners are all under 40. De Niro declines to talk about any connection between “Taxi Driver” and the attempt on the president’s life. Best picture: “Ordinary People” Actor: Robert De Niro, “Raging Bull” Actress: Sissy Spacek , “Coal Miner’s Daughter” Supporting actor: Timothy Hutton, “Ordinary People” Supporting actress: Mary Steenburgen , “Melvin and Howard” Director: Robert Redford, “Ordinary People” Tagged as March 29, 1982 Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn in "On Golden Pond" (Universal Studios) “Chariots of Fire” beats out “Reds,” “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” “On Golden Pond” and “Atlantic City” for best picture.

Henry Fonda wins lead actor for “On Golden Pond” at age 76, setting a record as the oldest winner in the category. His only previous acting nomination was four decades prior for “The Grapes of Wrath.” Johnny Carson hosts. Best picture: “Chariots of Fire” Chandler April 9, 1984 James Brooks, left, Shirley MacLaine and Jack Nicholson won awards for "Terms of Endearment." (Los Angeles Times) “Terms of Endearment” wins five of its 11 nomination categories, including best picture. Linda Hunt wins the supporting actress Oscar for “The Year of Living Dangerously,” in which she played a male photographer. It’s the first time an actor wins an Oscar for portraying a character of the opposite sex. Johnny Carson is back as host.

Best picture: “Terms of Endearment” Actress: Shirley MacLaine , “Terms of Endearment” Supporting actor: Jack Nicholson , “Terms of Endearment” Supporting actress: Linda Hunt, “The Year of Living Dangerously” Director: James Brooks, “Terms of Endearment” Tagged as March 25, 1985 Haing Ngor, right, and Sam Waterston in "The Killing Fields" “Amadeus” wins the top prize, but the ceremony is best remembered for Sally Field’s acceptance speech: “The first time I didn’t feel it, but this time I feel it, and I can’t deny the fact that you like me, right now, you like me!” Jack Lemmon hosts. Best picture: “Amadeus” Chandler March 24, 1986 Cher presented Don Ameche with the supporting actor Oscar for his performance in "Cocoon." (Lennox McLendon / Associated Press) “Out of Africa,” nominated in 11 categories, wins seven Oscars, including best picture and best director. The night’s big story is the total shut out of “The Color Purple,” also was nominated in 11 categories.

Jane Fonda, Alan Alda and Robin Williams co-host. Best picture: “Out of Africa” Actor: William Hurt, “Kiss of the Spider Woman” Actress: Geraldine Page, “The Trip to Bountiful” Supporting actor: Don Ameche , “Cocoon” Supporting actress: Anjelica Huston , “Prizzi’s Honor” Director: Sydney Pollack, “Out of Africa” Tagged as March 30, 1987 Tom Cruise, left, and Paul Newman in "The Color of Money" (Fox Broadcasting Co.) Chevy Chase, Goldie Hawn and Paul Hogan co-host the event — the last ceremony to have multiple hosts for 20 years. “Platoon” wins best picture, director, and two other Oscars.

Oliver Stone thanks everyone for “this Cinderella ending.” Best picture: “Platoon” Director: Bernardo Bertolucci , “The Last Emperor” Tagged as March 29, 1989 Tom Cruise, left, and Dustin Hoffman in a scene from "Rain Man" (United Artists) “Rain Man,” the story of man whose autistic savant brother inherits their father’s fortune, takes four of the eight Oscars for which it is nominated. The producers change the traditional line “And the winner is…” to “And the Oscar goes to…” But the show goes down in infamy for an opening act that featured Rob Lowe singing with Snow White. Best picture: “Rain Man” Actor: Dustin Hoffman, “Rain Man” Actress: Jodie Foster, “The Accused” Supporting actor: Kevin Kline , “A Fish Called Wanda” Supporting actress: Geena Davis, “The Accidental Tourist” Director: Barry Levinson, “Rain Man” Tagged as March 26, 1990 Brenda Fricker kisses Oscar at the 62nd Annual Academy Awards. (Ron Galella / WireImage) Billy Crystal hosts the ceremony for the first time.

The show is held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, half the size of the Shrine Auditorium, and producer Gil Cates has to limit the number of tickets for Academy members. Best picture: “Driving Miss Daisy” Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, “My Left Foot” Actress: Jessica Tandy , “Driving Miss Daisy” Supporting actor: Denzel Washington, “Glory” Supporting actress: Brenda Fricker, “My Left Foot” Director: Oliver Stone , “Born on the Fourth of July” Tagged as March 25, 1991 Kevin Costner in "Dances With Wolves" (Ben Glass / Orion Pictures Corp.) Billy Crystal hosts for the second time (he even won two Emmys for the gig). Reba McEntire performs, dedicating the song to her road manager and seven band members who died in a car crash earlier that month. “Dances With Wolves” wins seven Oscars, including best picture.

Best picture: “Dances With Wolves” Actor: Jeremy Irons, “Reversal of Fortune” Actress: Kathy Bates, “Misery” Director: Kevin Costner , “Dances with Wolves” Tagged as Shrine March 30, 1992 Billy Crystal, in a mask like Hannibal Lecter was forced to wear, greets Anthony Hopkins on stage. (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) Billy Crystal hosts for the third consecutive telecast. “The Silence of the Lambs” sweeps the top five categories, including best picture, actor, actress, director and adapted screenplay. Jack Palance, 72, surprises the audience by doing push-ups on stage.

Best picture: “The Silence of the Lambs” Actor: Anthony Hopkins , “The Silence of the Lambs” Actress: Jodie Foster, “The Silence of the Lambs” Supporting actor: Jack Palance , “City Slickers” Supporting actress: Mercedes Ruehl, “The Fisher King” Director: Jonathan Demme, “The Silence of the Lambs” Tagged as March 29, 1993 Gene Hackman and Marisa Tomei (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times) “Unforgiven” wins four Academy Awards, including a best director Oscar for Clint Eastwood — his first. Some criticize the theme, “Women and the Movies,” as hypocritical. Considering it’s also the year of “Basic Instinct,” one female screenwriter suggests “year of the psychotic woman” as more appropriate. Best picture: “Unforgiven” Director: Robert Zemeckis , “Forrest Gump” Tagged as Shrine March 25, 1996 Mel Gibson, left, Bruce Davey, center, and Alan Ladd Jr.

with their Oscars for "Braveheart." (Los Angeles Times) In what was considered a wide-open year for best picture contenders, “Braveheart” beats out an eclectic slate of films, “Apollo 13,” “Babe,” “Sense and Sensibility” and “The Postman (Il Postino).” The awards came amid a political protest by African American activists led by the Rev. Jesse Jackson, seeking greater minority representation in Hollywood Best picture: “Braveheart” Actress: Susan Sarandon , “Dead Man Walking” Supporting actor: Kevin Spacey , “The Usual Suspects” Supporting actress: Mira Sorvino, “Mighty Aphrodite” Director: Mel Gibson for “Braveheart” Tagged as March 24, 1997 Cuba Gooding Jr. won for "Jerry Maguire." (Los Angeles Times) Cuba Gooding Jr. wins as expected for supporting actor in “Jerry Maguire.” But Lauren Bacall, 72, is upset in the race for supporting actress, losing to Juliette Binoche.

Bacall’s nomination was the first of her 53-year career and came for her performance in “The Mirror has Two Faces.” Best picture: “The English Patient” Actor: Geoffrey Rush, “Shine” Supporting actor: Cuba Gooding Jr. , “Jerry Maguire” Supporting actress: Juliette Binoche, “The English Patient” Director: Anthony Minghella, “The English Patient” Tagged as Shrine March 23, 1998 James Cameron won three awards for "Titanic," for director, best picture (as producer) and film editing. (Reed Saxon / Associated Press) It is a night to remember for “Titanic.” The epic drama continues its passage into film history by winning best picture and 10 other Oscars, tying 1959’s “Ben-Hur” as the most honored film in Academy Awards history. The wins come not long after the film supplants “Star Wars” as the highest-grossing film in Hollywood history.

Best picture: “Titanic” Director: Steven Spielberg , “Saving Private Ryan” Tagged as March 26, 2000 Michael Caine and Kevin Spacey (Los Angeles Times) “American Beauty” wins five Oscars: best picture, actor, director, original screenplay and cinematography. It is the first best picture Oscar for DreamWorks, the studio founded in 1994 by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen. Best picture: “American Beauty” Actor: Kevin Spacey , “American Beauty” Actress: Hilary Swank , “Boys Don’t Cry” Supporting actor: Michael Caine, “The Cider House Rules” Supporting actress: Angelina Jolie, “Girl, Interrupted” Director: Sam Mendes, “American Beauty” Tagged as March 25, 2001 Presenter Angelina Jolie poses backstage with Benicio Del Toro. (Los Angeles Times) Steven Soderbergh wins the directing Oscar for “Traffic.” It marks only the fifth time that a director not honored by his peers in the Directors Guild of America nabs the Academy Award.

Best picture: “Gladiator” Director: Ron Howard , “A Beautiful Mind” Tagged as Kodak March 23, 2003 Adrien Brody surprises presenter Halle Berry with a kiss. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) Wins for Adrien Brody and director Roman Polanski for the Holocaust drama “The Pianist” shock, drawing gasps and sustained applause from the audience. The tall, lanky Brody gives a long, passionate kiss to the previous year’s lead actress Oscar winner, Halle Berry, who presents him with the award. Best picture: “Chicago” Actress: Nicole Kidman , “The Hours” Supporting actor: Chris Cooper, “Adaptation” Supporting actress: Catherine Zeta-Jones, “Chicago” Director: Roman Polanski, “The Pianist” Tagged as Kodak Feb. 29, 2004 Renée Zellweger, left, and Charlize Theron pose with their Oscar statuettes. (Lawrence K.

Ho / Los Angeles Times) “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,” the final installment of the hugely successful trilogy, makes a clean sweep of all its 11 nominations. Voting came after an abbreviated awards season that cut short Oscar campaigning by a month. Best picture: “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” Actor: Sean Penn, “Mystic River” Supporting actress: Cate Blanchett , “The Aviator” Director: Clint Eastwood, “Million Dollar Baby” Tagged as March 5, 2006 Ang Lee director of "Brokeback Mountain." (Kevork Djansezian / Associated Press) “Brokeback Mountain,” among the year’s best-reviewed and most controversial films, wins an Oscar for director Ang Lee, the first non-white director to win. But “Crash” proves the spoiler for best picture. Jon Stewart hosts. Best picture: “Crash” Actress: Reese Witherspoon , “Walk the Line” Supporting actor: George Clooney, “Syriana” Supporting actress: Rachel Weisz, “The Constant Gardener” Director: Ang Lee, “Brokeback Mountain” Tagged as Kodak Feb.

25, 2007 Forest Whitaker accepts his Oscar for lead actor for his performance as Idi Amin in "The Last King Of Scotland." (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times) Forest Whitaker makes a clean sweep of the 2007 awards season, winning an Oscar, Golden Globe and a BAFTA award for his portrayal of the brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. But Martin Scorsese’s “The Departed” steals the spotlight, snagging best picture, director, adapted screenplay and film editing. Best picture: “The Departed” Director: Martin Scorsese , “The Departed” Tagged as Feb. 24, 2008 Daniel Day-Lewis, Tilda Swinton, Marion Cotillard and Javier Bardem (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times) For the first time since 1964, all four acting awards go to non-American thespians. Brits Tilda Swinton and Daniel Day-Lewis take home supporting actress and lead actor, and French actress Marion Cotillard and Spanish actor Javier Bardem secure lead actress and supporting actor.

Best picture: “No Country for Old Men” Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, “There Will Be Blood” Actress: Marion Cotillard, “La Vie en Rose” Supporting actor: Javier Bardem , “No Country for Old Men” Supporting actress: Tilda Swinton, “Michael Clayton” Director: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, “No Country for Old Men” Tagged as Feb. 22, 2009 Kate Winslet, left, Sean Penn and Penélope Cruz (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times) Health Ledger’s family accepts his posthumous award for supporting actor as the Joker in “The Dark Knight” a little more than a year after he died at 28 of a prescription drug overdose. Kate Winslet finally wins — it is her sixth nomination — and tells the audience she’s been dreaming of the moment for years.

Best picture: “Slumdog Millionaire” Actress: Kate Winslet , “The Reader” Supporting actor: Heath Ledger, “The Dark Knight” Supporting actress: Penélope Cruz , “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” Director: Danny Boyle, “Slumdog Millionaire” Tagged as March 7, 2010 Mo'Nique accepts her Oscar for her performance in "Precious." (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) James Cameron’s blockbuster “Avatar” loses the best picture race in an upset to Cameron’s ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow’s film “The Hurt Locker.” “Precious” actress Mo’Nique thanks the academy for honoring the performance “not the politics” and pays tribute to the late Hattie McDaniel. Best picture: “The Hurt Locker” Supporting actor: Christoph Waltz , “Inglourious Basterds” Supporting actress: Mo’Nique, “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Director: Kathryn Bigelow, “The Hurt Locker” Tagged as Feb. 27, 2011 Christian Bale, Natalie Portman, Melissa Leo and Colin Firth (Allen J.

Schaben / Los Angeles Times) “The King’s Speech” takes home top honors, beating out nine other heavyweight contenders. Colin Firth experiences “stirrings” that might become dance moves and Melissa Leo releases an “F-bomb” that rocks the censors. Best picture: ‘The King’s Speech’ Actor: Colin Firth , “The King’s Speech” Actress: Natalie Portman, “Black Swan” Supporting actor: Christian Bale, “The Fighter” Supporting actress: Melissa Leo, “The Fighter” Director: Tom Hooper, “The King’s Speech” Tagged as Kodak Feb. 26, 2012 Colin Firth presents Meryl Streep with her first Oscar since 1983. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times) For the first time, a French filmmaker, Michel Hazanavicius, wins the directing Oscar; he made the black-and-white film “The Artist.” Christopher Plummer, at 82 the oldest winner to date, holds the statuette aloft and says: “You’re only two years older than me, darling, where have you been all my life?” Best picture: “The Artist”

Question: At the 2009 'Oscars' ceremony, which film received 10 nominations and won 8 awards?
Answer: 'SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE'